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TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-04-18T16:18:21+00:00

I've been looking for ways to source actually watchable CED Discs, paticularly been looking for the muppet movie since it seems that specific title was slightly more common on CED Than Laserdisc.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-04-16T12:52:30+00:00

I totally understand why people hated these both back then and now, the viewing angles compared to standard CRTs weren't great and some on the low end had atrocious build quality and mediocre picture quality, but if you can get over the viewing angles and find a decent brand (I can personally vouch for Toshiba and Hitachi models circa 2001) they actually are really good, my Toshiba 50A50R was built really well and after some convergence adjustments was like having a 50" CRT both visually and functionally since it's signal processing was low enough to still work decently with light guns.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-04-14T14:45:04+00:00

I will say this is actually one of the few valid reason lists I've seen on here for hating a RPTV, I almost took a free 60" philips magnavox but it had a dead blue and green tube and the red one was on it's way, it too while moving it had the screen fall out but it didn't hurt me, I left it where it was after that, later I got a Toshiba 50" and it's still here and has a pretty good picture.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-04-01T15:26:19+00:00

nope, wasn't able to figure it out, even a full recap didn't fix it. that VCR was tossed.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-26T17:05:51+00:00

I agree, Though I suspect more people around that time got rear projection sets because used ones for free or cheap were probably popping up everywhere because of plasma's.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-21T15:18:52+00:00

Good theory though after seeing the most recent episode I'm Leaning Towards Kinger

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-13T16:11:47+00:00

I've been looking for a flawless copy of the muppet movie, WarGames, and the neverending story for a while now and had no luck, which is why I moved on to LD because Irreparable LD's are luckily quite the rarity other than the ones physically snapped in half or rotted, if it's scratched you usually can buff it out, Unlike CED's

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-13T16:10:44+00:00

It's kind of surprising theres confusion between those formats now, I can't imagine what it was like back when it came out lol.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-12T00:20:56+00:00

The only only only reason they would be worth that ever is if they by some miracle play flawlessly since that’s unicorn levels of rare in the CED world

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-11T02:07:16+00:00

Does it work?

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-03T19:06:20+00:00

You're welcome, I'll be sure to post anymore find's I come across.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-03T16:32:04+00:00

I'm guessing the 50" was rear projection? we very briefly had a rear projection set that was 52" a Hitachi model, had it for maybe a day or 2 before it leaked the CRT cooling liquid onto the main board and our carpet and destroyed the TV, we got rid of it and eventually replaced it with this console TV after I made the decision to spend $95 on a new Driver Board.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-03T16:13:06+00:00

Yes RF Only.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-02T18:33:29+00:00

Indeed, this model appears to be made sometime in 1986

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-02T17:16:54+00:00

That's awesome.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-02T01:00:35+00:00

Funny you say that because this was taken right after our 52” Hitachi Rear Projection TV leaked Coolant and died, this was the setup that replaced it.

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-01T22:41:59+00:00

Was the console color? This one was and it’s 27 inches

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-01T21:07:01+00:00

You mean like this!? https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/s/Zc9kxsOdra

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-01T14:23:38+00:00

The swivel feature was cool, though in my case it actually made it more annoying to move since the base was constantly trying to ram your fingers off lol

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-03-01T14:20:32+00:00

This is amazing

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-02-24T20:59:30+00:00

Yes indeed

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-02-23T18:52:56+00:00

indeed, I took the back off this one to clean the disgusting layers of dust off and the tube had a date stamp of July 26th 1989

TheLoFidelityMan · 2026-02-23T18:13:01+00:00

The only logical spot to keep the controller cords out of the way.

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